Stuffing box



G. J. PARKS STUFFING BOX May 4, 1937.

Inventor A Home};

May 4, 1937.

Filed June 15, 1935 3 Sheets-Shet 2 May 4, 1937. PARKS 2,079,302

STUFFING BOX Filed June l3, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor A Home];

Patented May 4, 1937 PATENT OFFICE STUFFING BOX George J. Parks, Rixford, Pa.

Application June 13,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to stuffing boxes and has as its object the provision of an improved stufiing box especially adapted for use in connection with oil well pumping rods.

An object of the present invention is to provide a stufling box characterized by improved construction to the end that a block-type of packing may be employed, a feature desirable in that such a type of packing in actual practice in has proved more efficient than the ordinary ring packing now generally used.

Further, in accordance with the present invention the stufiing box is provided with an auxiliary stulfing box for use when the main stuff- !5 ing box is being repacked.

Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a stuifing box which will cut down replacement cost.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stufling box of such construction that the packing may be readily and easily placed therein as distinguished from the forcing of the packing by tools into the box as generally required and in most instances results in damage to the 5 packing thus impairing greatly the efiiciency of the stuffing box.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stufiing box which will permit a repacking thereof without the necessity of shutting down 30 the well, the shutting down of the well being undesirable for any one of a number of reasons known to those skilled in the art.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study 35 of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the stuffing box and also through a coupling sleeve embodying the features of the 40 present invention.

Figures 2 and 3 are sectional views taken substantially on the lines 22 and 33 respectively of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary elevational view of 45 the stufiing box.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure l illustrating a slightly modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals it will be seen that the stufling box com- 50 prises a substantially tubular body 5 formed at its upper end with an enlarged integral head 6 hollowed out to provide internally a rectangular auxiliary stuifing box adapted to receive a pair of cooperating metallic packing elements I, the

55 packing elements I are of block form as shown 1935, Serial No. 26,449

in Figure 3 and have their meeting edges suitably notched to accommodate therebetween the polish rod 8 as best shown in Figure 3.

For adjusting the packing blocks I, there are provided adjustment screws 9 threaded into the box 6 at opposite sides thereof and adapted to engage wear plates I provided at the sides of the packing blocks I remote from the meeting faces of the blocks. As shown, the screws 9 are also provided with lock nuts II for an obvious purpose.

Above the auxiliary stuffing box 6 is a larger and main stufiing box. This latter box comprises a pair of complemental half sections I2-I2 which are of substantially hollow form being open only at the meeting edges thereof, at which edges the top and bottom of the sections I2 are provided with semi-circular notches so as to accommodate the polish rod 8. Arranged within the sections I2 of the main stuffing box are packing blocks I3 similar to but larger in size than the blocks I. For adjusting the blocks I3 there are also provided adjusting screws I4 threadedly engaged with the outer sides of the sections I2 and having inner ends bearing against wear plates I provided as shown for the blocks I3.

The main stufiing box sections I2 are hinged to the upper edge of the box 6 as at I6, and at opposite ends thereof, and adjacent their meeting edges, sections I2 of the main stuffing box are provided with aligned sleeves I! for receiving hinge or locking pins I8 equipped with cotter pins I9 all of which is best shown in Figures 2 and 4.

Also, between the boxes 6 and I2 there is clamped a packing gland of any suitable material and as shown in Figure 1.

It will be understood that in actual practice, the auxiliary stufiing box 6 and packings 1 need be used only when the main stufiing box I2I2 is being repacked, that is to say, when the packing I3 is being replaced.

It will be also noted that in the case of both stufiing boxes the packing blocks fit easily therein and consequently resort need not be had to tools for forcing the packing into their respective packing boxes as is now generally required.

It will also be noted that to replace the packing I3, all that is necessary is to withdraw the pins I8 whereupon the sections I2 may be swung away from one another about their respective hinges I6 to the end that access may be easily had to the packing I3 for replacing the latter.

Also, in accordance with the present invention, there is provided an elastic coupling sleeve 20 iii for use, as clearly shown in Figure 1 in connecting the body 5 of the stuffing box with the usual nipple 2|. The sleeve 20 is adapted to embrace the confronting spaced ends of the body 5 and the nipple 2i and is internally provided with threads for cooperation with the threads on the body 5 and the nipple 2|, and as indicated generally at 22 and 23. The sleeve 20 intermediate its ends is formed internally with an integral flange 24 that fits in the space between the adjacent ends of the body 5 and the nipple 2|, For securing the'sleeve' about the body 5 and the nipple 2! suitable split clamps 25 or the like may be resorted to.

In Figure 5 a slightly modified form of the invention is illustrated. In this form of the invention the aforementioned auxiliary stuffing box and associated packing is eliminated. Thus in this form of the invention the body of the stufiing box indicated by the reference numeral 50, has its enlarged end Ba solid as shown, and directly hinged to this end of the body as at l6afl6a are the complemental sections l2a of the stufiing box. These sections as in the first form of the invention accommodate packing blocks [3a equipped with wear plates I511. Also, adjusting screws Mw are provided, andas apparent, with the exception of the auxiliary stufiing box, this modified form of the invention is identical with the first form described'in detail.

In Figure 5 the application of the improved stufling box is also shown without the sleeve 20 since obviously, this sleeve may or may not be used as occasion may require.

It may be also herein stated that in both forms of the invention, if desired, there may be built into the top portion of the sections l2-l2 or l2a-l2a as the case may be suitable means for oil lubrication, such as for example the oil reservoir 26.

Having thus describedthe invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a stufi'ing box for oil well pumping rods, an elongated body member having an axial opening therethrough adapted to receive a well pumping rod, said body having an enlargement at one end, complemental, hollow shell-like stuffing box sections respectively hinged tothe enlarged end of said body member, each of said sections being opened on one side only and said sections at the open sides thereof having circular notches in their top and bottom walls for accommodating the well pumping rod, packing blocks slidably fitting within the hollows of said sections, and adjusting screws threaded through the outer walls of said sections and having inner ends for bearing engagement against said packing blocks for moving the latter into engagement with a'well pumping rod. v

In a stuffing box for oil well pumping rods, a relatively small auxiliary stufling box open entirely at its topside, a relatively large stuffing box, said large stufiing box comprising a pair of complemental hollow sections open at their meeting sides only and respectively hingedly connected to opposed sides of the auxiliary stufiing box, said main stuffing box sections having bottom walls cooperating to provide a closure for the top of the auxiliary stuifing box, and packing blocks slidably arranged in the auxiliary stufi'ing box and in the sections of the main stufiing box respectively, and means engaged with each packing block for moving opposed packing blocks toward one another.

3. In a stumng box for oil well pumping rods, a relatively small auxiliary stufiing box open entirely at its top side, a relatively large stufiing box, said large stuifing box comprising a pair of complemental hollow sections open at their meeting sides only and respectively hingedly connected to opposed sides of the auxiliary stufiing box, said main stuffing box sectionsohaving bottom walls cooperating to provide a closure for the top of the auxiliary stufling box, and packing blocks slidably arranged in the auxiliary stuifing box and in the sections of the main stufiing box respectively, and means engaged with each packing block for moving opposed packing blocks toward one another, and each of the sections of the main stuffing box also having a top wall provided with a lubricant well.

GEORGE J. PARKS. 

